Carlos Sainz went through an extremely difficult Monaco GP which saw him lose four places to finish eighth. In a chaotic race riddled with mistakes and strategy goof-ups, Naomi Schiff was impressed by Sainz’s presence of mind, which she praised after the race.
Sainz started the Monaco GP from P4 and was looking to finish on the podium in the Principality for the third year running. Unfortunately, his afternoon went off to a horrible start after a failed overtake on Esteban Ocon messed up his front wing. Things didn’t get better for him after a miscalculation on behalf of the Ferrari strategists saw him lose track position during his mandatory pit stop.
Sainz seemed visibly frustrated. He slammed the team for not listening to him once again. This is something Naomi Schiff pointed out after the race. Sainz’s ability to think ahead while driving is what makes him better at strategies than the Ferrari engineers are.
Ferrari engineers ruined the chances of Carlos Sainz podium
Sainz made a mistake while trying to pass Ocon, but he made up for it in the coming laps. His plan to get ahead of the Frenchman was to undercut him during his pit stop. In lap 34, the Ferrari driver pitted but what happened next made him furious.
As he exited the pit lane, he saw Ocon’s Alpine zooming past him to maintain his lead. When Sainz slammed his race engineer, the latter told him that their plan was to cover Lewis Hamilton Hamilton and protect their place from the Mercedes driver. An exasperated Sainz replied by saying, “I don’t care about Hamilton.”
Ferrari News posted a part of Schiff’s praise on Sainz on their Twitter account.
| Naomi Schiff on Carlos Sainz:
“Carlos is one of those drivers that is always thinking ahead. He’s got the strategy in mind.”
“He’s got plan B, C, sometimes E. He’s got all of those things in mind.”
“It shows how much thinking he is doing while driving.”
— Ferrari News (@FanaticsFerrari) May 28, 2023
Sainz foresaw this happening, which is why he asked is team to listen to him. After the race, Schiff says, “Carlos is one of those drivers that is always thinking ahead. He’s got the strategy in mind. He’s got plan B, C, sometimes E. He’s got all of those things in mind. It shows how much thinking he is doing while driving.”
Further strategy blunders add to Ferrari’s problems
Sainz’s ill-time pit stop wasn’t the only strategy error Ferrari made. When every single team was looking to pit for intermediate tyres after rain started falling, Ferrari decided to gamble on the medium compound. This resulted in Sainz spinning on an extremely slippery surface, and almost crashing into the barriers.
Wrapping up an eventful race with @carlossainz55
#MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/k11eiiUiqm
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) May 28, 2023
Before the Spaniard could hobble back to the pits and put in new tyres, he lost many more places. Even his teammate Charles Leclerc who started behind him, passed him. Sainz had to settle for eight place in the end, two behind Leclerc.
| Carlos Sainz:
“The timing of the 1st pit stop caught me by surprise, I was on purple sectors on that in lap.”
“I was ready to push and over cut Ocon, I tried to extend the stint to see if the rain was coming.”
“But we got it wrong, and I lost a lot of time.”
— Ferrari News
(@FanaticsFerrari) May 28, 2023
Overall, it was another disastrous outing for Ferrari. Many people predicted a podium finish for both drivers, because of their supposed advantage in the slower speed corners in previous races. However, the Tifosi leave Monaco disappointed yet again, and are now turning to Barcelona to help them get their season back on track.
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